The details for the soundtrack album for the action adventure movie Red Dawn have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game of Thrones). The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2012 by Sony Masterworks and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Red Dawn is directed by Dan Bradley and stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The film is a remake of the 1984 feature directed by John Milius and follows a group of teenagers who have to save their town from an invasion of Chinese and Russian soldiers. Film District will release the movie on November 21. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Dawn’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ramin Djawadi, Red Dawn, score, Soundtrack
James Newton Howard to Return for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Catching Fire, Francis Lawrence, James Newton Howard, The Hunger Games
James Newton Howard has confirmed in a recent interview with Filmmusicsite.com, Underscores.fr and BSO Spirit (available to listen here) at last weekend’s Ghent Film Festival that he is attached to score the upcoming The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. The composer has scored this year’s first part in the series and has also written the music for the sequel’s director Francis Lawrence’s previous two features I Am Legend and Water for Elephants. Catching Fire based on the novel by Suzanne Collins stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. Academy Award-winning screenwriters Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) have penned the script. Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik are returning as the producers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thale’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Geirmund Simonsen, Raymond Enoksen, score, Soundtrack, Thale
Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian supernatural thriller Thale. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Raymond Enoksen and Geirmund Simonsen. The album is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Thale is written and directed by Aleksander L. Nordaas and tells the story of a mythical “huldra,” a beautiful, tailed female forest creature who is discovered in a concealed cellar by two crime scene cleaners. The film starring Silje Reinåmo, Jon Sigve Skard, Erlend Nervold, Morten Andresen, Sunniva Lien and Roland Åstrand premiered at last month’s Toronto Film Festival and has been picked up by XLrator Media for a US release in early 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
Claude Foisy Scoring ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beauty and the Beast, Claude Foisy, The CW
Claude Foisy is currently scoring the new CW drama Beauty and the Beast. The composer has started working on the series with last week’s episode Proceed with Caution and will be writing the score for the rest of the first season. Mark Isham has scored the pilot episode, which premiered two weeks ago. The show stars Kristin Kreuk as a homicide detective who witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen when she was a teenager and is about to uncover the mystery of the “beast” that saved her ten years later. Jay Ryan, Austin Basis, Max Brown, Nina Lisandrello and Brian White are also starring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Songs of Anarchy’ Volume 2 Announced
Posted: October 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: FX, Songs of Anarchy, Sons of Anarchy
Columbia Records will release a new soundtrack album for the FX hit series Sons of Anarchy. Songs of Anarchy: Vol. 2 features songs from the show by artists including Jane’s Addiction, Greg Holden, The Forest Rangers, Joshua James, actress Katey Sagal, Battleme, Noah Gundersen, Franky Perez, Alison Mosshart, Curtis Stigers, Audra Mae and Franky Perez. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. The label has previously released the first volume last November. Check out our previous article for more details. The fifth season of Sons of Anarchy created by Kurt Sutter and starring Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal currently airs every Tuesday night on FX. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release BT’s ‘Partysaurus Rex’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 22, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BT, Partysaurus Rex, score, Soundtrack, Toy Story
Walt Disney Records will release Partysaurus Overflow, the score from the Pixar animated short Partysaurus Rex. The music is composed by BT (The Fast and the Furious, Monster). The one-track single will be released on October 30, 2012 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Partysaurus Rex is the third short in the Toy Story Toons series and follows Rex who is getting left out in the bathroom and starts to make friends with bath toys. The film’s voice talent includes Wallace Shawn, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. The short was attached to last month’s 3D re-release of Finding Nemo and is now available to download on iTunes.
‘Die Hard 2’ and ‘Enemy Mine’ Soundtrack Deluxe Editions Announced
Posted: October 22, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Die Hard 2, Enemy Mine, Jerry Goldsmith, John Scott, Man on Fire, Maurice Jarre, Michael Kamen, score, Soundtrack, The Boy Who Could Fly, The Red Pony
Varese Sarabande has announced the newest titles in the label’s CD Club series. Among the latest releases is a deluxe edition for the 1991 action thriller sequel Die Hard 2 – Die Harder directed by Renny Harlin and starring Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz, John Amos and Bonnie Bedelia. The film’s music is composed and conducted by Michael Kamen (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Lethal Weapon) who has scored the first three part in the Die Hard series. The 2-CD set includes the composer’s score from the film, as well as several alternates and the end credits piece Finlandia composed by Jean Sibelius. To check out the track list, listen to audio clips and to order the album, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the label’s website. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 21, 2012)
Posted: October 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cinemax, Hunted, Jim Dooley, Mockingbird Lane, NBC, Ruth Barrett, The Munsters
While no major network shows will be premiering this coming week, NBC will air the pilot for Mockingbird Lane on Friday. The reboot of the classic CBS sitcom The Munsters is written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer. The one-hour special stars Jerry O’Connell as family patriarch Herman Munster, Portia de Rossi as his wife Lily and Eddie Izzard as Grandpa. Cheyenne Jackson, Mason Cook, Charity Wakefield and Beth Grant are also starring in the pilot. Jim Dooley who previously worked with Fuller on the critically acclaimed series Pushing Daisies has scored the pilot. Visit the composer’s official website to listen to the main theme of Mockingbird Lane. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Lockington Scoring ‘Primeval: New World’
Posted: October 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Lockington, Hulu, Primeval, Primeval: New World, Syfy
Andrew Lockington is scoring the upcoming sci-fi series Primeval: New World. The show created by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Star Trek: Enterprise) is a North American spin-off of the British series Primeval, which ran for five seasons and aired in the US on Syfy and BBC America. Primeval: New World stars Niall Matter (Eureka), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Danny Rahim as a team of animal experts and scientists investigating paranormal events, while battling both prehistoric and futuristic creatures. Martin Wood and Gillian Horvath who previously worked with Lockington (Journey to the Center of the Earth, City of Ember) on the sci-fi series Sanctuary are among the executive producers of the Omni Film Productions show. Syfy and Hulu have picked up the US basic cable rights to the Primeval spinoff and are targeting a release in 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
Alberto Iglesias Named Film Composer of the Year 2012 at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Alberto Iglesias, Brian Byrne, World Soundtrack Awards
Alberto Iglesias was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2012 at the World Soundtrack Awards 2012, tonight’s closing event of the 39th Ghent Film Festival. Iglesias also received an award for his score for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in the Best Original Film Score of the Year 2012 category. The composer’s other scores of the past year include The Monk (Le Moine) and Pedro Almadovar’s The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito). In the Discovery of the Year category, Brian Byrne was awarded for his score for Rodrigo Garcia’s Albert Nobbs starring Glenn Close. The composer also received an award for the original song Lay Your Head Down from Albert Nobbs, which features lyrics by Glenn Close and is performed by Sinead O’Connor. The Public Choice Award went to Abel Korzeniowski for his music for Madonna’s W.E.. Read the rest of this entry »
